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Broadcom(WIDCOMM) drivers v1.4 or later

I would love to try some multiplayer game on my wizard, which comunicates using Bluetooth with another PPC.
I found such a gameunder the name: Billiard Master 2
Version: 2.03
Release Date: 5 March 2005
http://www.mobirate.com
Excellent billiard and pool simulation game for PocketPC with realistic physics, good hi-res graphics and multilingual interface.
Features:
* Bluetooth multiplayer (play against your friend)
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6 February 2006
Bowling Master for PocketPC now WM5 compatible.
So now all our products are WM5 compatible
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Bluetooth is only supported on PocketPC devices with
Broadcom(WIDCOMM) drivers v1.4 or later. This should be true on almost all PocketPC devices.
To check the version of Bluetooth goto Bluetooth settings->About
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Is there a way to workaround the fact that WM5 does not use Broadcom?
//Robert

i need widcomm drivers

WM5 uses Broadcom
You can find Broadcom stack in hx4700 with WM 5.0 :lol:

i want to enable bluetooth PAN user driver

I've got a 4700 with WWE M2005 and if someone needs this stack from me then please show me how to do it.
I'm verry interested in the Widcomm stack because it works better at the moment then the MS one om my Wizard.
Cheers,
Drifter

I was under the impression that the Bluetooth stack implementation is an OEM option only. Whoever did the WM5 implementation on the Wizard (HTC?) made the decision to use M$'s bluetooth stack instead of WidComm's. As such, I don't believe it can be easily lifted...

i once installed widcomm on my Wizard and PAN network connection was enabled. i found widcomm for windows CE on the ftp of XDA uploads. now everything is deleted . if you install widcomm you get the PAN enabled under networkcards that is all i need so i could get a connection without activesync on every pc. is there anybody who can post the Widcomm for windows CE drivers on XDA please?

widcomm 1.5000
its on www.indoxda.net/index.php?nId=324
haven't tried it myself so use at your own risk
please post if it works for u I'm thinking of trying it myself

DUDE, thank u VERY much! finally someone who helps me i'll try it if my phone will be wrecked you will hear

it works partially, it can't activate bluetooth because Comm manager is already running. does anyone know how i can disable commanneger bluetooth so i can run widcomm only? you can see on the screenshots he alsol has comm disabled and he tells also :|

hmmm... "not easily lifted" isn't much of a problem to the people here . Great link galleon1388!
Btw: there's a lot of folks at TreoCentral who would like to see this work as the Treo700W BT implementation is a pos.

"Bluetooth Radio failed to turn on due to insufficient driver memory available"
Performing a normal reset doesn't help things.
I followed the directions to the letter. Can someone help here?

jwzg said:
"Bluetooth Radio failed to turn on due to insufficient driver memory available"
Performing a normal reset doesn't help things.
I followed the directions to the letter. Can someone help here?
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dude i have the same, take a look at this topic http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache...6+widcomm+for+wm2005&hl=nl&gl=nl&ct=clnk&cd=3
if you manage to fix it PLZ tell me, i'm trying too!

hmm my audio doesn't seem to work after the widcomm :S

Same here...I cannot access the link to which you are referring...tks to the gov. of the PRC.

Guys, you will have to wait a bit longer.
Look at this thread
http://buzzdev.net/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,59/func,view/id,14572/catid,26/
Seems that Widcomm is unstable under WM2005
Cheers,
Drifter

not released

my audio isnt working anymore, anybody know how to fix plz????

Bluetooth programming portability issue

Hi all,
I am programming an OBEX bluetooth program for pocketPC platform, I see that there are different bluetooth stacks (Widcomm, Microsoft,...) on different pocket pcs, also I see that there are many ways to write OBEX bluetooth apps, either Winsock or using IObex COM objects and may be others.
My question is:
1. Do I have to write two implementtions to work with Widcomm BT stack and MS BT stack?
2. I am currently implementing BT functions using IObex COM interfaces, will this work on Widcomm BT stack??
3. any suggestions?
I hope to find some help here as usual
Thanks for your time...
Mohammad

mohgdeisat said:
Hi all,
I am programming an OBEX bluetooth program for pocketPC platform, I see that there are different bluetooth stacks (Widcomm, Microsoft,...) on different pocket pcs, also I see that there are many ways to write OBEX bluetooth apps, either Winsock or using IObex COM objects and may be others.
My question is:
1. Do I have to write two implementtions to work with Widcomm BT stack and MS BT stack?
2. I am currently implementing BT functions using IObex COM interfaces, will this work on Widcomm BT stack??
3. any suggestions?
I hope to find some help here as usual
Thanks for your time...
Mohammad
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I think your best options is to make two components, because Widcomm BT implementation is completely different of M$ BT stack.
Fortunately both SDK are available.
Cheers,
.Fred

Thanks, dotfred, but if I have to do two implementations then where can find Widcomm BT stack SDK?? is it free to download? and what approximate percentage of PPC users use Widcomm BT Stack?
Any other suggestions guys?
Mohammad

mohgdeisat said:
Thanks, dotfred, but if I have to do two implementations then where can find Widcomm BT stack SDK?? is it free to download? and what approximate percentage of PPC users use Widcomm BT Stack?
Any other suggestions guys?
Mohammad
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I have a Widcomm that works on my XDAII (I can give it), but for the rest, I really don't know. Don't forget that both stacks can't be active at the same time on the device, so you have to play with the registry and soft reset to activate one or another.
The biggest problem with Widcomm is that the bt headset doesn't work.
And the biggest problem of M$ stack is the lack of PAN and the BT manager is useless.
I think you should try to do it first for M$, when you succeeded then do it/try it with Widcomm, but you need a device that has it.
Cheers,
.Fred
ps.: for the sdk, here is an interesting article and a download link:
http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/...=78&atb.set(a_id)=7800&atb.perform(details)=&

Widcomm for Prophet?

Hello,
I would love to replace the MS BT Stack by the Widcomm BT Stack.
I've been searching and reading the internet on this topic, but it seems that I can't seem to find any kind of guide that definitely works...
Anyone on xda-developers who has replaced the WM5 MS BT Stack by the Widcomm one on a HTC Prophet? If so, please provide us some info abou where to get the Widcomm software and how to install it.
Many thanks in advance!
With kind regards,
l:x

Search for "BT_STACKX51V05.CAB"

Hi the only ones I find are those related to Smart1's posts and these are known to be faulty.
Where are you looking?
NetrunnerAT said:
Search for "BT_STACKX51V05.CAB"
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If i may ask, what is the benefit of changing the BT stack? what does the widcomm one adds?

I red some time ago that the MS Stack has only 2 profiles and the Widcomm Stack has about 14 profiles for use!
And you can setup the Widcomm more easier than the MS Stack and it has more functions!
But you need about 8 MB free storage on your device and it can't be installed on a Storage Card if you want that the BT Stack is working correctly!

animelover said:
I red some time ago that the MS Stack has only 2 profiles and the Widcomm Stack has about 14 profiles for use!
And you can setup the Widcomm more easier than the MS Stack and it has more functions!
But you need about 8 MB free storage on your device and it can't be installed on a Storage Card if you want that the BT Stack is working correctly!
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Thanks a lot.
What do you mean by profile though? like serial, active sync, ... ?

Profiles are Protokolldefinitions.
Headset, Soft Modem, Serial, .... are Profils!

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Profiles are Protokolldefinitions.
Headset, Soft Modem, Serial, .... are Profils!
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ok thanks. it's what i thought. Then MS stack has more than 2

Yes ... but how much ... i dont know!

NetrunnerAT said:
Yes ... but how much ... i dont know!
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bump
anybody with a link or a possible solution for my slow bluetooth!

Help needed: How to pair bluetooth without SDP signal?

Hey all,
I'm trying to pair a PPC with SonyEricsson's bluetooth watch MBW-150 to use moneytoo's brilliant SmartWatchM. This worked fine with my old PPC running the Microsoft bluetooth stack. My new PPC (LG KS20) uses the Widcomm/Broadcom stack, believed to be cleverer than the MS stack.
Here's the problem:
The PPC will not pair. The watch does not send out information according to the BT Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), because it was never meant to be paired with anything else than SE phones. The Microsoft stack didn't care and paired nonetheless. The Widcomm/Broadcom stack, however, will pair with BT devices only if it finds a supported profile. The watch uses the Serial Port Profile (SPP), but it doesn't say so, not sending any SDP information to the PPC. The PPC would support SPP of course, but doesn't pair as it has no way of knowing that the watch supports this profile.
In the end, when I try to pair, the PPC will see the watch but doesn't know what to do with it, and will not pair.
Is there any way of pairing (using a Widcomm/Broadcom stack) without SDP information? Can I enforce pairing with the watch? (I can easily insert serial port settings in the reg manually.)
Or can I somehow change my BT stack? I've read that the only way to do that would mean changing the ROM ... :-(
Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks,
N.

I'm using 32feet.NET library that supports only MS BT Stack. Fortunately I have just found this lib http://franson.com/bluetools/ that seems to support Widcomm Stack. I will try it soon.
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What BT stack is on it? Is it Broadcom? Widcomm on Motorola Q9 is ok and lets you to pair device without any service but Broadcom on a one HP iPAQ I have tested doesnt.
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Not a good news. Franson Bluetools doesnt work on smartphones. I dont know much about this stuff but from what I have read it seems like pairing/bonding request is possible only in MS BT stack (via some non official function) and it's disabled in other BT stacks because of security issues.

Thanks for chiming in, moneytoo!
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What BT stack is on it? Is it Broadcom? Widcomm on Motorola Q9 is ok and lets you to pair device without any service but Broadcom on a one HP iPAQ I have tested doesnt.
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This may be a noob question but: How do I tell whether it's Broadcom or Widcomm? Is there still a difference since Broadcom bought Widcomm?
Anyway, BT manager will not pair ("no supported protocol found").
moneytoo said:
it seems like pairing/bonding request is possible only in MS BT stack (via some non official function) and it's disabled in other BT stacks because of security issues.
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I'm afraid that's true. I haven't found anything so far that would point me to a workaround, backdoor or anything - and as my KS20 is a company phone I can hardly change the ROM
Let's hope someone comes up with an idea!

Widcomm Bluetooth Stack

Hello,
Does somebody know if there is any HTC device that use the Widcomm BT stack instead of standard Microsoft stack?
Thanks,
Emil.

emilbergg said:
Hello,
Does somebody know if there is any HTC device that use the Widcomm BT stack instead of standard Microsoft stack?
Thanks,
Emil.
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Unfortunately the Touch Pro 2/Tilt 2 does. Why in the world would you want it? Nothing seems to work with it.. Several of my programs that use bluetooth don't detect anything.

I'm writing a BT application and I want to be sure that it works also on devices with the Widcomm stack.
Maybe there is a wrapper for the Widcomm stack that let all BT applications be compatible with it?
Why the OEMs use this stack instead of Microsoft's?

Chip
emilbergg said:
I'm writing a BT application and I want to be sure that it works also on devices with the Widcomm stack.
Maybe there is a wrapper for the Widcomm stack that let all BT applications be compatible with it?
Why the OEMs use this stack instead of Microsoft's?
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Hi emilbergg
It's to do with the chip that they use for the device. The Broadcomm chip requires the Widcomm software. Essentially, it's a driver issue. Different chip, different driver. I'm guessing the choice of chip is made on a mixture of functionality and cost.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking